[Epic 4G Android Development] mike6099:
Rom Report

First, let me begin by saying that my experience in flashing roms is more in the beginner relm, but I have done this once or twice before.

-I have read ***every* post (yes all 700+ pages)... Why? Well when you are doing this many of the problems people are having are explained in this thread and if you would just read or search it you would be surprised to find the answers here multiple times. I highly reccomend it...even if you can't commit that much time, at least read the last 50 pages at a minimum, it won't take that much time. The video offered on the first page of this thread is very detailed and will help the newb's if they watch it (please do)

Just thought I would post my experience:

Starting with a virgin sprint epic that has never been rooted, but had the OTA froyo update (the second one OTA) from sprint.

Following the video by the "T" I did experience the bootloop on first flash but going into clockwork again, wiping and reflashing solved the problem.

Since then I have only installed a few apps, I wanted to test the rom out in a more 'natural state' before adding apps and variabilities into the mix. I did install setcpu, but no settings were changed.

Pros:

Battery life is excellent! I originally came to this rom because the froyo OTA update screwed my battery life so bad that I was getting only 10 hours on it with minimal use. I always had to carry a battery around even if it was just for the afternoon because i couldn't trust it. First use, I easily had 30+ hours of battery life (light use, mostly standby time). With medium usage (email & web a conversation here or there), I am lasting "the whole day" without worry and I always charge at the end of the night so its good for me.

Performance: Excellent, opening programs is noticably faster.

Bloatware/Sprint spyware: removed, thank you.

GPS: Works for me, which is interesting, before the froyo ota update my gps worked fine, then after froyo it had trouble locking on. This acs rom fixed my gps locking problems

Cons:

Sprint NFL APP (already mentioned in this thread) I am one of the few people who like this sprint app. It currently won't open with the error message "you must be on the sprint network" or somethig close to that effect. I heard that the phone only needs the network name changed from acs back to sprint. Would look forward to this in the next update.

Landscape screen bug in browser (also mentioned in this thread previously): This only happens when I am in the stock browser, and not 100% of the time. When opening the slider or putting the phone into landscape mode, the screen will "cut in half" one half being black and the other half my browser window, it is similar as if you were changing resolution on your computer monitor and the whole screen isn't being used. The problem will also manifest itself where the screen doesn't blackout but (in this instance ins browsing this forum) text won't be displayed on parts of the screen where there should be text. Putting the phone in portrait mode solves the problem. I read that this could be a 'voltage problem' I would look forward to this bug being fixed in the next update, or if there is some sort of workaround.

thanks for all the hard work!

Mike